What is 6. To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed. [Archaic] Here my commission stays. Shak called?
stay — 6. To come to an end; to cease; as, that day the storm stayed. [Archaic] Here my commission stays. Shak. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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